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I was very excited to get my first Creation Crate box because I had seen the mood lamp online and I was eager to build my own . I am in sixth grade and although I have played in scratch and tried hour of code I had no coding experience prior to Creation Crate. … Read More Creation Crate Review from this Kids Angle

Child: “I can’t get rid of the baby rabbit! They are a family.” Me: “But honey, maybe another family is looking for a baby bunny for their rabbit family.” Child: “But what if that family doesn’t treat the bunny nicely? That would be so sad. It would make me cry. I have to keep the… Read More One Child’s Clutter is another Child’s ……

Today. Today I paradoxically take ease with myself while also pushing myself and my lungs as I run as hard as I can. I will indulge in more chocolate than it seems possible and I will often over indulge in a cocktail hour that has been known to start as early as the… Read More Today. Mourning. Remembering. Smiling. Loving.

At heart, I am a homeschooler. Not exactly the crunchy, earth-mama stereotype, certainly not the seventeen kids, religious focused curriculum stereotype or even the unschooled, let’s raise a wild child stereotype either. But I truly believe in the power of the parents to educate and live a home-schooling life together. I really think it’s… Read More Public School Choice with a Homeschooling Heart

This post contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my disclosure policy. Thank you for supporting Far From Family! We love listening to Audio Books in the car! So much so that we don’t save them for long road trips but for nearly anytime that we are in the car – the morning… Read More Top Ten Family-Friendly Audio Books